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Political Connections, Subsidized Loans, and Capital Markets Development

Kyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the relationship between political connections and firms' financing decisions in Brazil using large datasets on campaign contributions, loans from the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES), and financial variables from Capital IQ.
Eduardo Kazuo Kayo
wiley   +1 more source

Perception of peri urban farmers towards farm land eviction resulted from urban expansion

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Farmers view the forced expropriation of land during urban expansion as a harmful influence. This study aims to investigate how peri-urban farmers perceive being evicted due to urban expansion, focusing on land valuation process, compensation amount, and
Tadele Alamneh, Melkamu Mada, Tora Abebe
doaj   +1 more source

Epistocracy and the Commitment Problem

Philosophy &Public Affairs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The epistocracy debate has turned largely on the character of the electorate—what voters know, whether competence filters can be designed well, and what filtered selection produces. Another strand has focused on the legitimacy of epistocratic justifications. I ask instead about the equilibrium effects of the institution.
Simon Goldstein
wiley   +1 more source

Price or politics? An investigation of the causes of expropriation [PDF]

Expropriations of foreign direct investment in developing countries are typically blamed on political and economic crises in those countries. Developing a new database of expropriations in the minerals sectors of developing country exporters, I show that
Duncan, Roderick
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POVOS TRADICIONAIS E INDÍGENAS NO MARANHÃO: violência, fronteiras territoriais e margens da normatização

Revista de Políticas Públicas, 2018
The paper synthesizes aspects of two emblematic socioenvironmental conflicts in Maranhão and their respective processes of resistance and political confrontation.
Viviane Vazzi Pedro, Rosimeire de Jesus Diniz Santos   +1 more
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Does Aid Harm or Benefit Institutional Quality? Time Heals All Wounds

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Previous research has found conflicting results regarding the effect of aid on the quality of institutions, with some studies finding a positive relationship, whereas others finding a negative one. In this paper, we try to reconcile these results.
Michael Chletsos, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
wiley   +1 more source

The Scholar Imprisoned: Young‐Bok Shin's Decolonial Thought Against (Sub) Imperialisms in East Asia

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reads Young‐Bok Shin (1941–2016) as a decolonial thinker who theorized transformative worldmaking from the standpoint of the oppressed, rooted in the historical experiences of East Asia. Against the (sub)imperial “logic of sameness” that structures colonial modernity in his social world, Shin advances gongbu (studying) as a ...
Veda Hyunjin Kim
wiley   +1 more source

The Iran–United States Claims Tribunal: Revisiting Indirect Expropriation in International Investment Law [PDF]

Indirect expropriation remains a contentious and challenging issue in both theory and practice. From the late 20th century into the 21st, the central conflict in international investment law lies between sovereignty and the protection of private property.
Huang, Yu, Han, Yanhui
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O Paradoxo das Estratégias Multidomésticas num Mundo Global:testemunho das estratégias de “não-mercado” nos países em desenvolvimento

The Paradox of Multidomestic Strategies in a Global World: nonmarket strategies in developing countries

La Paradoja de las Estrategias Multidomésticas en un Mundo Global: testimonio de las estrategias de “no mercado” en los países en desarrollo

Revista Brasileira de Gestão De Negócios, 2008
RESUMOEste artigo pretende analisar o desenvolvimento e a natureza das estratégias de “não-mercado” adotadas por diversas entidades de serviço público americanas e espanholas que entraram nos mercados sul-americanos a partir dos anos 90 com vista a ...
SERRA, Esteban, PARADA, Pedro, RUFÍN, Carlos   +2 more
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How Institutions Shape the Effects of Agricultural Cooperatives on Their Members

Kyklos, Volume 79, Issue 4, Page 1078-1113, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Agricultural cooperatives represent a promising way of improving the quality of life of half a billion smallholders, who account for the vast majority of the world's food production. Yet, little is known about the institutional factors that explain the potential benefits of being a member of a cooperative.
Simon Cornée, Madeg Le Guernic, Damien Rousselière   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source